Distance Threshold for the Effect of Urban Agriculture on Elevated Self-reported Malaria Prevalence in Accra, Ghana

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 80; no. 4; pp. 547 - 554
• Main Authors: Stoler, Justin, Weeks, John R, Getis, Arthur, Hill, Allan G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Deerfield, IL ASTMH 01.04.2009; American Society of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Agriculture; Biological and medical sciences; Demography; Female; Ghana - epidemiology; Housing; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Malaria; Malaria - epidemiology; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Parasitic diseases; Prevalence; Protozoal diseases; Refuse Disposal; Socioeconomic Factors; Urban Population; Young Adult; Ghana; Africa; Infection; Protozoal disease; Urban environment; Prevalence; Malaria; Tropical medicine; Agriculture; Parasitosis; Epidemiology

Irrigated urban agriculture (UA), which has helped alleviate poverty and increase food security in rapidly urbanizing sub-Saharan Africa, may inadvertently support malaria vectors. Previous studies have not identified a variable distance effect on malaria prevalence from UA. This study examines the...